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We know that yoga extends beyond the physical movements. There is a deepness to the practice, enriched by yogic philosophy and texts. To access the Yoga Sutras and these learnings is to elevate our practice. To not only practice yoga<\/a> on our mats, but to incorporate the principles of yoga in our day-to-day lives.<\/p>\n

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali<\/em>\u2014written around 400 CE\u2014are required reading in every yoga teacher training. And as a yoga student at some point in our lives we will inevitably find ourselves led in a chant of Sutra 1.2 \u201cYogas citta-vritti-nirodhah\u201d (Yoga is the stilling of the changing states of the mind)\u2014just as yoga students would have chanted 1,600-odd years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe forget that people throughout time are the same as us today,\u201d says Edwin Bryant<\/a>, translator and commentator on The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali<\/em>. \u201cTheir minds too were subject to fears, anxieties, stresses, and insecurities. Just like we suffer and look for a way out, so did they.\u201d<\/p>\n

As with science and religion, yoga seeks to provide a solution to that suffering, says Edwin, which means the Sutras are as relevant today as they have always been. \u201cWhile religion may go as far to say you are not the body, yoga takes this one step further\u2014that the cause of human suffering is because we believe ourselves to be\u2014not only the body\u2014but also the mind. And so the Sutras<\/a> begin with this: citta-vritti-nirodhah<\/a>. It is a teaching of how to move beyond the mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are on any path where you want to be happy, to be free of suffering, and understand the mind and consciousness, the Sutras<\/em> are a must-read.\u201d\u00a0\u2013<\/em><\/strong> Edwin Bryant<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In our Western focus on asana practice, we often forget that this is the core of yoga\u2014moving beyond body and mind. Indeed, of the 1,200 words in the Yoga Sutras<\/em>, only 12 pertain to asana.<\/p>\n

It was while studying to\u00a0be a yoga teacher several years ago that I came across Edwin\u2019s 600-page tome on the Sutras<\/a>. There are\u00a0many different and wonderful versions of the Sutras that adorn my bookshelves, but I knew that this was the edition for me during that period of deep study. Indeed, Edwin\u2019s version is widely regarded as the<\/em> Western bible for the Sutras as it contains not only an English translation of the Sanskrit verses, but also commentary from the great yogic scholars throughout history.<\/p>\n

The Revival of the\u00a0Sutras<\/h3>\n

Edwin, a professor of Indian philosophy and religion, says he recognized the importance of the Yoga Sutras and wanted to create a bridge between the modern world of yoga and the traditional one.<\/p>\n

If you are unfamiliar with the the Yoga Sutras<\/em> they are four chapters of a total of 196\u00a0one-line verses that discuss: What the goal of yoga is, the difference between the mind and consciousness, enlightenment<\/a> and its stages, the eight-limbed practices of yoga, and the mystical powers of meditation.<\/p>\n

They were written in short verses so they could be remembered easily and passed on orally as many people did not read or write, and\u2014while brief\u2014they were designed to be “unpacked” or elaborated on by a teacher<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is one reason why Edwin’s work has been so helpful. According to Edwin: \u201cMany Western yogis were not receiving that teaching, while much of the traditional commentary that would help with that \u2018unpacking\u2019 was very scholastic and dense, so I wanted to present that in a much more accessible way that also maintained the integrity of the teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n

“[These] wisdom teachings remain ever relevant, because even if culture changes, consciousness doesn\u2019t.\u201d\u00a0\u2013<\/em><\/strong> Edwin Bryant<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Edwin, and other English translators of the Sutras, have inadvertently caused a revival in the Sutras and their teachings. Contrary to what we would believe, the Sutras were not the mainstream teachings of yoga. \u201cFar more popular were other types of yoga such as Karma yoga, or Bhakti yoga<\/a> that included worshipping deities\u2014much like in India today\u2014and that lean on different texts,\u201d says Edwin. Instead, the Sutras were a metaphysical text mainly studied by philosophers and scholars, or by those ardent practitioners who were off in forests and caves in search of enlightenment. As such, the Sutras fell into obscurity for much of the second millennia until yoga came to the West in the 1900s.<\/p>\n

A Non-Religious Path to Awakening<\/h3>\n

In large part the embracing of the Sutras by the West is due to their non-religious nature. \u201cThe concept of the Divine (Ishvara<\/a>) is touched upon only briefly in the Sutras which has made it appear less threatening for those in the West who are leery of religion. It also doesn\u2019t contain the Hindu exoticism of many of the other yogic texts like the Bhagavad Gita<\/a><\/em> so is much more palatable to Westerners,” says Edwin.<\/p>\n

Because it is more of an instruction manual on how to move beyond the mind, and more of a scholastic text on consciousness and metaphysics, than a religious text, Edwin says the Sutras\u00a0complement many belief systems or spiritual paths. Edwin himself follows a Bhakti path and says it has informed his own meditation practice. \u201cIf you are on any path where you want to be happy<\/a>, to be free of suffering, and understand the mind and consciousness, the Sutras<\/em> are a must-read.\u201d<\/p>\n

He recommends that yoga practitioners new to the Sutras start with verses one to 15 of chapter one, which explains what yoga is and the nature of the mind, and chapter two, which discusses the eight limbs of yoga. Chapter three discusses the mystical powers of yoga, which are deemed to be distracting to a yogic path, and chapter four, says Edwin, was written to discern the teachings of yoga from the Buddhist teachings that were emerging in India at the time of Patanjali.<\/p>\n

Edwin say he hopes that if people have a positive experience in the physical practice of yoga in the West (which is how most Westerners come to yoga), that they may be encouraged to look to the Sutras to discover more about the yoga\u2014whatever version they are drawn to. \u201cThe Sutras attempts to answer those big existential questions that people have asked since time immemorial: Who are we? How can we be happy? Those wisdom teachings remain ever relevant, because even if culture changes, consciousness doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/p>\n

\"HelenaveryHS\"<\/p>\n

Helen Avery is a senior writer for\u00a0Wanderlust Media. She is also a journalist, writer, yoga teacher, minister, and full-time dog walker of Millie, residing in Brooklyn, New York. You can find out more about her on her website, Life as Love<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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